Sunday, November 23, 2014

Ok.... I'm sick. Got a cold or something else that is trying its damnedest to kill me so I already felt pretty icky when I saw this ... THING.

The caption beneath the photo said:

"If you're looking for a Gluten Free, Vegetarian Turkey for next week, try this Rice Krispy Treat turkey stuff with M&M's. Everybody's happy."No, this is not a post about a vegetarian or vegan T-day repast. Read the caption again. See it? No? Read it again! See it now?Argh! I'm sick! And here I have to deal with the apparent death of the past tense. Yes! It has been gutted. Ignored. Stabbed. Tossed into the "who cares" bin along with the proper use of "then" and "than" and the continued misspelling of "separate" and "millennium."Enough of this already! The turkey - if a rice crispy abomination can be called a turkey - is stuffed with M&Ms. It is not "stuff" with M&Ms.Well, maybe it actually is stuff with M&Ms. It's some kind of stuff, that's for sure. But not in the context of the irritatingly wrong sentence. In that context it is stuffed with M&Ms.Either learn to use the past tense or die. I'm watching you... Yes... I'm watching.... watch......wa......ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzZZZZZ

Sunday, November 16, 2014

The more I think about things, the more I see no rhyme or reason in life. No one knows why some things work out and some things don’t – why some of us get lucky – and some of us...

A quote from the film: Notting Hill

Sometimes it just seems like sadness will eat every single one of us
alive.There are days when it
feels like some dark monster with huge teeth lurks around every corner and
hides in every closet – just waiting for us to step within reach.

Last year, I lost my best friend to a massive heart attack
while he was in the hospital.I’m
still reeling over that.I think
I’ll never actually be “over it.”I have, in my own small way, memorialized him and my memory of him with
a framed collage of photographs on my living room wall, a bush full of gorgeous
roses (one of which is pictured up there - at the header of my blog), and with
a personalized automobile license tag that he once owned.

Anyone who knew him will recognize this tag.They will know what it means.They will understand why I want it on
my car.

That was last year.

This year…This morning…. I learned that another of my friends
just heard that his brother-in-law had killed himself.No one seems to know why at this
point.So he and his wife must
travel and try to take care of affairs that need taking care of.I do not know the brother-in-law.But I know grief.I know grief…

This year….This last week… I learned that one of my favorite
people, my dear friend, has inflammatory breast cancer.This particular type breast
cancer is difficult to spot, invasive, and aggressive.She has only just learned of this
herself.I feel as though I’ve
been punched in the stomach. I can
only attempt to imagine how she must feel.

I’ve never known this friend to be anything but upbeat and
kind.She has a good sense of
humor and I always feel good in her company.How many people do you know that you could say that about?I can’t remember her ever saying
anything bad about anyone.

And now this.

I don't begin to know what she has ahead of her. But if positive waves do anything, she's got them.

I have a rose growing on the East side of my house. It's gorgeous, but I don't know what its name is. It was here when we bought the house. But I love it. It's soft and spicy and wonderful. It makes me feel good every time I see it blooming so beautifully. I am, from this moment on, going to name it "Sandra" - for my friend.

So dear friends, I return to the beginning of this post:

The more I think about things, the
more I see no rhyme or reason in life.No one knows why some things work out and some things don’t – why some
of us get lucky – and some of us...

A quote from the film: Notting Hill

Thanks for your time.

Your time….. Your time….

Use it well.

Be true to yourself.

Be kind.

Be happy.

Be well.

~ AngelMay ~

UPDATE: News of my former boss - the best boss I ever had and one of the nicest people you could ever want to know: He's been fighting cancer. As soon as he retired, he learned he had cancer. Now it is in the kidneys. He will be entering a controlled test group for a new medication in a couple of weeks. Fingers and toes crossed here that it works. It is so depressing to see such good people with these horrible problems. I wish - I WISH - I had a magic wand to wave to banish this disease from the face of the earth. All of it. In all its forms. Forever.Final Update: My former boss passed away on the 24th of September 2015. A sad day for me. He was a really great guy. And I thought the world of him.